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Hi all--
Long story here, so keep with me
Last friday i purchased the following:
New Toy
I needed a monitor, and my current desktop at home is just a piii 667, and being as that im not that into gaming, i thought it'd be a decent pc for what i do at home. After using for a couple hours, i blew it away(as is my custom) and reinstalled a nice fresh copy of XP. Got all the drivers etc and everything is grand. well almost...
I've burned a couple dvd's with it(data and a backup via shrink) and compared to my external pioneer 108 connected to my piii machine, i have to say this writer is a little goofy(for one it's slower, but the buffer activity was much more erratic than with the pioneer- the discs worked fine though). I went looking for a firmware update on compaq's site, and guess what? not there. Hp's site, nada. In fact, niether site lists it as a model, no matter how i searched for it. Anybody know where I can find who makes it? The model on the front of the drive and on the case is a HP dvdwriter 540i--it's got the new light scribe labeling capability- which i don't know if i like or not(the discs seem pricey to me) Overall though it seems like a nice machine, with my fx5200 card in it it plays wolfenstein and battlefield 1942 like the dickens Anyway, i'd appreciate any info you all could tell me about the drive. Thanks!
Long story here, so keep with me
Last friday i purchased the following:
New Toy
I needed a monitor, and my current desktop at home is just a piii 667, and being as that im not that into gaming, i thought it'd be a decent pc for what i do at home. After using for a couple hours, i blew it away(as is my custom) and reinstalled a nice fresh copy of XP. Got all the drivers etc and everything is grand. well almost...
I've burned a couple dvd's with it(data and a backup via shrink) and compared to my external pioneer 108 connected to my piii machine, i have to say this writer is a little goofy(for one it's slower, but the buffer activity was much more erratic than with the pioneer- the discs worked fine though). I went looking for a firmware update on compaq's site, and guess what? not there. Hp's site, nada. In fact, niether site lists it as a model, no matter how i searched for it. Anybody know where I can find who makes it? The model on the front of the drive and on the case is a HP dvdwriter 540i--it's got the new light scribe labeling capability- which i don't know if i like or not(the discs seem pricey to me) Overall though it seems like a nice machine, with my fx5200 card in it it plays wolfenstein and battlefield 1942 like the dickens
Anyway, i'd appreciate any info you all could tell me about the drive. Thanks!
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